Vijitha and Gauri in the lead

by S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr.

Vijitha Bandara (Men) and Gauri Mongia (Ladies) were on top at the end of the first round of the Men's and Ladies match play organised by the Sri Lanka Golf Union in connection with 126th Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship now being played at the Victoria Golf Course at Rajawella off Kandy.

The results:

Men's match play

Vijitha Bandara beat R. Illyaraja 8-7, G.M. Pradeep beat J.M. Indika 20, Kassidit Lepkurte (Thailand) beat G. Sridaran 4-2, M. Saqib Ali (Bangladesh) beat Damisha Perera 4-3, M. H. Chalitha Pushpika beat P. Hemantha 3-2, Syed Saquib Ahamed (India) beat Sisira Kumara 2 up, Mohomed Nazeem (Bangladesh) beat G. Harrison 2-1, N. Ranga beat M.U. Chanaka Perera 2-1, Iffthipat Buranatanyarath (Thailand) beat Darren Hall 5-3, Ghazanfar Mehmood (Pakistan) beat M. Arumugam one up. U.M.G. Pradeep beat M. Amarapadma 2-1, Trishul Chinnappah (India) beat I. Lawrence 5-3, B.A. Rohana beat R. Sureshan one up, M. Waseem Rana (Pakistan) beat Ronan Hall 2 up, B. Vinoth Kumar beat R. Logaraja 2-1, Johan Wasserrman beat Sessi Nathan one up.

Ladies match play Gauri Mongia (India) beat Sharaon Hall 8-7, Suwen Selvaratnam beat Myungock Jane Hong 5-4, Mithie Suahora (India) beat Manori Jaykoddy 7-6, Rasika Ekanayake beat Sandhya Sathasivam 2 up.